[Gllug] What is the Mozilla & Firefox difference ??

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 01:07 +0100, Tethys wrote:

> The ones that got me were:
> 
> 1. lack of cookie control
> 2. inability to shift-click to download something
> 3. the removal of the ctrl-q keyboard shortcut to quit the browser
> 4. awkward default search options
> 5. no easy to get at "open new tab" button

Add to that:-

6/ Lack of cache control (and yes, I know it's in about:config)
7/ Nasty habit of downloading to "Desktop" by default, even when you're
not running a desktop env, and the concept makes no sense.
8/ Total lack of integration with package management systems, for all
versions of Linux and Windows.
9/ No sane way to centrally install extensions
10/ No way to have a bookmark group as a toolbar button - the suite has
done this for ages.
11/ Memory leaks and general instability. This one's a problem with the
suite as well, admittedly.

Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot to like in Firefox, and on the
whole it's a great browser. I don't think it's "better" than the suite
though - in a number of ways it's a step backwards. Taking a load of
useful options out of a preferences dialogue and hiding them somewhere
where they're visible only as arcane strings with no explanation has
never seemed like an improvement to me. Then again, maybe that's why I
don't have much fondness for Gnome and Windows.

I'm a firm believer that configuration options should be exposed
logically, and stored in a readable and portable manner. The old Unix
method of each app having a dot file works well. The repeated
re-inventions have little in common, except they're all IMO worse than
what they're trying to replace.

Mike

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